Christner Reaches 400 Wins

William Penn Women's Athletics

Oskaloosa–Head Coach Mike Christner has led the William Penn softball team to unprecedented success in his tenure, and over the weekend that success landed him in an exclusive club.

Courtesy of Sunday’s 7-2 victory over Ashford in the Midwest Collegiate Conference First Round Pod Tournament, Christner is now a 400-game winner, owning a career mark of 400-183 (.686) as the Lady Statesmen skipper.

The squad will have a chance to add to Christner’s total this weekend as William Penn takes on Grand View, Iowa Wesleyan, and Clarke in the MCC Tournament Final Four.

The program’s most successful head man, Christner took over the program in 2002. Since then, his teams have won five MCC regular season titles (2002, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011), two MCC Tournament crowns (2003, 2007), two NAIA Region VII championships (2005, 2007), and have appeared in two NAIA National Tournaments (2005, 2007).

Christner Year-by-Year

2002 37-17 14-0 MCC MCC Champs; Region VII
2003 39-11 12-0 MCC MCC Champs; MCC Tournament Champs; Region VII
2004 41-25 9-3 MCC Region VII
2005 51-22 8-10 MCC Region VII Champs; NAIA Tournament
2006 33-26 14-8 MCC Region VII Champs; Region VII Champs; NAIA Tournament
2007 46-14 21-3 MCC Co-MCC Champs; MCC Tournament
2008 34-21 21-5 MCC Region VII
2009 40-18 28-4 MCC MCC Champs
2010 44-13 16-6 MCC
2011 35-16 15-6 MCC MCC Champs